Diploma in Implant Dentistry

Implant dentistry is big business. The rewards can be great, but you need to invest wisely. The FGDP(UK)
at the Royal College of Surgeons of England offers a two year Diploma in Implant Dentistry that could prove
to be the best investment you ever make.
Our course is run by an internationally renowned team, using state of the art facilities and training
methodologies. It is rigorous and challenging but that is what gives the course its deep and long lasting
value. This is a course to be undertaken by practitioners who are serious about wanting to provide the
best possible service to their patient.

Course Aims
On completion of this hands-on programme participants
will have gained the necessary knowledge and skills to
practice modern implant dentistry to a high standard and
in the best interests of the patient,
They will be able to:

Define and carefully execute the most suitable

treatment for the patient.
Communicate effectively with the patient, outlining the
benefits and alternatives of the proposed treatment.
Carry out any procedures required to augment
deficient sites within the capabilities of the
practitioner.
Carry out surgical and restorative aspects of implant
therapy and provide the patient with aesthetic and
functional restorations to a high degree of
predictability.
Monitor and maintain the treatment that has been
completed for the patient.

Course Components
Contact learning
11 units over 2 years consisting of interactive seminars and practical sessions.
Participants are required to attend units of various lengths (between 2 to 5 days).
Participants may be required to attend 2 units in Europe of between 2 and 3 days in length.
Clinical component
Evidence of workplace-based training, including:
Observation of clinical procedures carried out at a course tutors practice.
Eight to ten clinical case reports under the peer support system, carried out under the guidance of local
course tutors who will provide guidance and approve treatment plans.
Distance learning
Critical reading and completion of 13 assignment topics.
Reading of a list of publications to be critically reviewed by participants.

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Syllabus
Scientific and didactic content
Anatomy, physiology, bio-materials, and medical evaluation.
Documentation and record keeping
Medico-legal aspects, informed consent, treatment plans, clinical records, and communication with
patient and other specialists.
Patient assessment and treatment planning
Risk assessment, treatment planning, physical, radiographic, photographic and documented records.
Surgery
Soft tissue management (incision, flap design, soft tissue graft), hard tissue management (implant
placement techniques, conventional osteotomy preparation), bone expansion, ridge expansion, and sinus
floor lifts.
Asepsis theory and practice
Training of surgical assistants and dental care professionals.
Timescales
Delayed placement, hard tissue management, soft tissue
management, immediate placement, delayed loading, and
immediate loading.
Augmentation
Guided bone regeneration, autogeneous onlay bone grafts
from intra and extra oral sites, sinus lifts.
Interdisciplinary treatment
Interfacing with: medical, surgical and dental colleagues.
Restorative phases
Provisional restorations, transitional restorations and definitive restoration.
Impression techniques
Open tray, closed tray, conventional fixture and abutment level, and impressions at first stage surgery.
Fixed restorations
Single teeth, short span bridges, full arch restorations, cement retained, screw retained, and friction
retained, standard components, customized and milled components.
Removable prosthesis
Ball attachments, balls and clips, precision attachments, and telescopic crowns (konus).

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Support during the course

Course tutors
Participants are assigned to a course tutor within a tutor group of 5 to 6 participants.
Course tutors are experienced implantologists who have the FGDP(UK) Diploma in Implant Dentistry qualification themselves. Tutors are therefore aware of the challenges that the course presents and are able to
advise participants on treatment plans for cases with the intention of helping participants to complete 8 to
10 successful cases (see above).
Participants meet with their course tutor, within their tutor groups, for approximately 3 hours at each unit.
Tutors are contactable by e-mail outside of units. Tutors can arrange for a participant to observe them carrying out surgery or to supervise a participant carrying out surgery (please see below).
Peer support
Participants are encouraged to support a fellow participant. Participants discuss their cases and treatment
plans, offering each other advice and approval of actions.

Treating patients
Participants are responsible for generating their own patients
which they treat at their own practice outside of course units.
During course units participants are taught various
practical skills. They practice the skills during the course units
on animal tissue and are assessed by their course tutor.

Tutor observation and supervision

As participants are expected to treat their own patients at their own practice. These are usually done without the supervision of a tutor.
If a participant would like their tutor to supervise them, they can arrange this directly with their tutor. If a
tutor supervises a participant, the participant must pay the tutor a set fee to compensate the tutor for their
time out of practice.
Participants are welcome to observe tutors performing clinical procedures at the tutors practice. No fees
are chargeable to the participant for this.

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Equipment
Participants are required to have the following equipment available throughout the duration of the course:
For use on animal tissue: Scalpel, No.15 blade, 2x periosteal elevators, Cumine scaler, Periodontal probe,
Tweezers, Suture Scissors, Suture forceps, Tissue forceps, Vicryl sutures 3/0 vicryl W9741, 4/0 vicryl
9443, Surgical gloves, Protective glasses or magnification loupes, Upper or Lower Root Forceps, Ash
Luxators and Dycal Probe.
A laptop with Microsoft Windows installed.
As well as these, participants will be asked to bring specific equipment (e.g. facebows, digital cameras) to
certain units.

Implant systems
A number of implant systems will be addressed and classified generically as below. This is not a systemsbased course, but components form an integral part of this discipline. There will be an opportunity to use
component parts representative of specific features, and also to assess implant systems on a number of
contact learning units.

Implant bodies - Tapered, screw, push fit.

Implant surfaces - Machined, coated, blasted, etched.
Implant abutment attachments - External connection, internal connection, indexed connection, nonindexed connection.
Transmucosal implants - one piece, two piece.

Applications
Applicants will be required to complete an application form and provide a current curriculum vitae (of no
more than 2 sides of A4) and covering letter.
The prerequisites for acceptance on the course are as follows:
A licence to practise dentistry (BDS or LDS or equivalent)..
Registration with the General Dental Council or equivalent.
Participants should be practising where there is sufficient demand for implant dentistry.
A current certificate of immunisation against communicable diseases (Hepatitis B) will be required
before the clinical and surgical component.
Training in intermediate CPR prior to the clinical component (Basic Life Support will not be acceptable).
Participants should be familiar with the fundamentals of surgery and prosthodontics.
MJDF RCS (Eng) or other postgraduate qualifications are desirable.
Application forms are available from www.fgdp.org.uk and can be submitted by post or e-mail (please see
below for contact details).
Applications are welcomed from people based outside of the UK. Applicants should bear in mind that
participants are required to attend 11 contact units over 2 years (see below for details).
All applications received by the advertised closing date are assessed against a scoring criteria based on
evidence of post graduate education, experience of restorative & oral surgery and, their practice environments suitability to support the course programme. The maximum number of participants on a cohort is 34.
The 34 applicants who score highest against the criteria will be invited onto the course.

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General Information
Venue:

Duration:

The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London

Part-time over two years

Cost:

19,700 for FGDP(UK) members

20,700 for non-members

This fee covers contact and distance learning components (tuition, course notes, assignments and
materials for practical sessions).
A non-refundable registration fee of 5,600 and first installment (3,020 for non-members; 2,820 for
FGDP(UK) members) are taken prior to the start of the course. The remaining fees are taken over 4
installments within the first 12 months of the course.
For those undertaking post-graduate studies and requiring funding for education fees, please contact
fgdp-education@rcseng.ac.uk.
For further information, please contact:
Education Department,
Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE
Tel: 020 7869 6757
E-mail: fgdp-education@rcseng.ac.uk
Website: www.fgdp.org.uk

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) would like to thank the following companies for their continued
support of this programme:

Botiss Dental Gmbh, Dental Protection, Geistlich Biomaterials, General Medical, Heraeus Kulzer Ltd, IDT
Dental Products Ltd, Swallow Dental Supplies Ltd.

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